nts,
sharp as stalagmites, and in this form run hither and yon in all
possible directions, colliding with and crashing against others of equal
fury and greatness--a very carnival of wild and drunken waves; the
waters hurled upward in huge masses of white. Sometimes they unite more
gently, and together sweep grandly and gracefully along parallel with
the shore; and the cavernous hollows stretch out from the shore so that
you look into the trough of the sea and realize what a terrible depth
it is. The roar, meanwhile, is horrible. You are stunned by it as by the
roar of a great waterfall. You see a wave of unusual magnitude rolling
in from far beyond the wild revelry of waters on 'The Rips.' It leaps
into the arena as if fresh and eager for the fray, clutches another
Bacchanal like itself, and the two towering floods rush swiftly toward
the shore. Instinctively you run backward to escape what seems an
impending destruction. Very likely a sheet of foam is dashed all around
you, shoe-deep, but you are safe--only the foam hisses away in impotent
rage. The sea has its bounds; 'hitherto shalt thou come, but no
farther.'"[A]

[Footnote A: A. Judd Northrup, in "Sconset Cottage Life."]

CHAPTER VI.

She is peevish, sullen, froward,
Proud, disobedient, stubborn, lacking duty;
Neither regarding that she is my child,
Nor fearing me as If I were her father.

--_Shakespeare_.

A day or two of bright, breezy weather had succeeded the storm, and
another "squantum" had been arranged for; it was to be a more
pretentious affair than the former one, other summer visitors uniting
with our party; and a different spot had been selected for it.

By Violet's direction the maid had laid out, the night before, the
dresses the two little girls were to wear to the picnic, and they
appeared at the breakfast-table already attired in them; for the start
was to be made shortly after the conclusion of the meal.

The material of the dresses was fine, they were neatly fitting and
prettily trimmed, but rather dark in color and with high necks and long
sleeves; altogether suitable for the occasion, and far from unbecoming;
indeed, as the captain glanced at the two neat little figures, seated
one on each side of him, he felt the risings of fatherly pride in their
attractiveness of appearance.

And even exacting, discontented Lulu was well enough pleased with her
mamma's choice for her till, upon leaving the table and running out for
a mo